| Appeals to the Privy Council |
| Report No. BAR_1726_01 |
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Barbados |
| Case Name Long |
William Moore v Francis Ford and George Barry |
Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series |
| APC Citation | v.3 [95] p.124–125 (18 April 1726 – 8 Feb. 1727) |
| PC Register Citation | George I v.5 (Sept. 1724 – May 1727) p.212, 304, 315: PC 2/89/212, 304, 315 |
Colonial Courts |
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Chancery – 19 Nov. 1725 |
Participants |
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Barry, George, respondent |
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Ford, Francis, respondent |
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Matson, Benjamin, deceased (husband of Margaret [now Margaret Moore]) |
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Matson, Margaret – see Moore, Margaret |
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Moore (formerly Matson), Margaret, deceased (wife of William, widow and executrix of Benjamin Matson) |
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Moore, William, appellant (husband and administrator of Margaret) |
Description |
Not stated in the Acts of the Privy Council, Colonial Series. |
Disposition |
Decree reversed. |
Notes |
The appellant’s and respondents’ printed cases are summarized, with additional footnotes about some of the parties, in Caribbeana: miscellaneous papers relating to the history, genealogy, topography, and antiquities of the British West Indies, ed. Vere Langford Oliver (London: Mitchell, Hughes, and Clarke, 1909–1919), 6:64 (view). |
References in Smith, Appeals to the Privy Council from the American Plantations |
Table of Cases (Moore v Ford) |
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DOCUMENTATION |
Printed Cases |
| Respondent’s case |
Case of the respondent (William Moore v Francis Ford and George Barry) |
| Counsel | ?Busby |
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36216 f.19r–21v (Manuscript. Styled: “William Moore Esq admr. of his late Wife Margaret deceased formerly called Margaret Matson Widow and Relict and also Exec. of Benja. Matson Esq deceased. Appellant } [v]. Francis Ford & George Barry Esq. Admr. de bonis non etc of said Benja. Matson Esq. deceased. Respondent } On a Decree of Dismission in the Court of Chancery in Barbados. For the Respondents.” Dated on dorse 4 July 1726, with notes ?signed by one Busby, with other indications of authorship that we cannot read. This is the only case that we have found where the ‘printed case’ survives only in manuscript. It is followed by a manuscript copy of the petition of the appellant, fol 22r–23r) |
Privy Council Documents in PC 1 at The National Archives at Kew |
| TNA Document | Committee report – 20 Jan. 1727 (PC 1/48/23) | view_Document |
| Notes about Document |
Referenced in APC v.6 [364] p.172 |
Other Documents |
| Other Documents | Petition of the appellant | ||
| Library | British Library: (Hardwicke Papers) Additional Manuscripts 36216 f.22r–23v |